A Kid's Guide to Collecting Coins - Central Minnesota Mom

As a child, I was given the option to help my father collect stamps. I helped him carefully handle them, place them in protective sleeves, cut the sleeves to fit the pre-printed areas on the pages, and then to mount the sleeves without getting the stamp itself wet. Whew! Looking back, it was a lot of work as a child. It did give me one-on-one time to share with my dad though. I was recently introduced to another way for family time that I think is much more simple and maybe a more durable hobby for children, collecting coins.

Krause Publications has produced an easy-to-read book and hands on folders to collect and keep the coins. The book, A Kid’s Guide to Collecting Coins (shown in above pic on left), discusses quite a few topics. This book covers the history of coin making, some interesting facts of U.S. history and geography, and even how to do be cool and perform some magic tricks with coins. The information is easy to follow and the pictures are great referencing material for the novice collector. This publication is 95 pages in length and retail is $9.99.

I also had the opportunity to view Warman’s National Park Quarters for Kids Collector’s Folder. This folder seems fairly durable and has well-fitted slots for the coins to be kept and displayed. Here are some images below:

Featuring some of the slots and a section called “Did you know?” that gives you some neat facts on each National Park.

More of the slots and first page that features images of each National Park and the state flag to where it is located.

These folders retail for $4.99 each. There are currently these titles: Warman’s National Park Quarters for Kids, Warman’s Lincoln Cents for Kids, Warman’s Jefferson Nickels for Kids, and Warman’s State Quarters for Kids. There is also a new product, National Park Quarters Collecting Adventure Kit for Kids, which includes the first five quarters released in 2010, doodle pad, magnifier, three sticker sheets, and a book about National Parks for $21.21.

Coin collecting has so many positives. It can help in teaching finances, math, geography, history, organization, and can create family time without screen time being involved. It is a hobby that can be started with a preschooler, just introducing them to the names and values of coins. Coin collecting can be inexpensive and create memories to share a lifetime.

You can find more information or order A Kid’s guide to Collecting Coins and the collector folders here. Use discount code FOLD15 for 15% off any of the folders and the book. This code is good until 12/31/11 at midnight.

Disclosure: I received A Kid’s Guide to Collecting Coins and Warman’s National Park Quarters for Kids for this review. The thoughts and feelings expressed are my own.

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Carol Stump says

January 22, 2012 at 9:35 pm

Hey, thanks for posting several pictures of the National Parks Quarters for Kids! When I found it for sale on Ebay and Amazon, i couldn’t quite figure out if it really had the pictures and maps. So, thanks for several pictures. I’m pinning this to Pinterest . . . and I’ll be back to follow your blog!

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